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I was looking for something to do last weekend, so I decided to go to a movie. For those of you that know me well, this shouldn’t come as a surprise. I like movies so much that if given the option of living in a movie house, it would be hard to say no. There is a ...More

A multi-center study led by a researcher at Rhode Island Hospital has determined that long-term elder care, HIV-infected and hemodialysis patients are at increased risk of carrying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in their nose. The study also found that ...More

STERIS Corporation today announced it has reached an agreement with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the terms of a consent decree regarding its System 1 liquid chemical sterilization system. Included in the agreement is a transition plan with a rebate program for ...More

New research is emerging that suggests a link between infection-related diseases and risk of cancer, according to findings presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st annual meeting. “Chronic or recurrent inflammatory conditions appear to ...More

Scientists investigating ovale malaria, a form of the disease thought to be caused by a single species of parasite, have confirmed that the parasite is actually two similar but distinct species which do not reproduce with each other, according to research published in the ...More

Scientists have discovered for the first time that antibodies in common eggs laid by hens vaccinated against the H5N1 virus can potentially prevent a possible H5N1 pandemic, raising the possibility that the same principle could be applied to the current H1N1 influenza ...More

Approximately 7 percent of elementary school children across the bi-state, Kansas City metropolitan area are infected with the fungus Trichophyton tonsurans (T. tonsurans), the leading cause of ringworm in the U.S., according to a new study published today in Pediatrics. ...More

The following statement was issued by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) in response to the Agency for Healthcare ...More

"A new study finds that companies selling health and life insurance invest nearly $2 billion in fast food restaurants, Scientific American reports." I found this to be an interesting opening sentence in a news item posted to U.S. News & World Report's Health Buzz. It ...More

An analysis of hospitalization records for adults age 65 and over found that seasonal flu tends to move in traveling waves, peaking earliest in western states such as Nevada, Utah, and California and working its way east. New England states such as Rhode Island, Maine, and ...More